Detachable ice-creeper.



F. MAJEWSKI.

DETACHABLE lCE CREEPER.

APPucATmN man 1111111.13. 1915.

Patented J uly 6, 1915.

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FRANK MAJE'WSKI, OF KENSINGTON, ILLINOIS.

DETACHABLE ron-CREEPER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1915. Serial No. 14,137.

i subject ot' the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

residing at Kensington, in' the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vDetachable Ice-Creepers, of which the followingr is a specification.

This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in a detachable ice Creeper.

The main object ot' the present invention is the provision ot an icev creeper having a calked member readily detachable from a base frame which is adapted to be clamped to the heel of a shoe and whereby the ground engaging surface of the heel may be supplied with or freed from the nonslippingr device at will.

A still further object is to provide an ice creeper mount which is rigidly clamped to the shoe heel without injuring the heel and is adapted to remain in position thereon during the entire season that the Creeper may be desired for use, while a calked creeper plate may be readily sprung into interlocking engagement therewith and instantly and easily removed therefrom at will.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to correspomling parts throughout the several viewszhhigure 1 is a side elevation of a heel provided with the present invention, a portion of the latter being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot' the creepcr mount detached from the heel and partially broken away, the clamping screw heilig removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ot the calkcd plate detached from the mount, and Figi is a detail sectional view taken upon line IV IV 0i Fig. 3.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the present invention is illustrated in'Fig. l as assembled upon the heel 1() of the shoe 11 and the device broadly consists in securing to the heel, the mount shown in Fig, 2v

and in providing the calk plate of Fig. 3 which is sprung into and out of position upon the said mountl atthe will of th wearer.

The Creeper mount consists of an archshaped metallic band 12, slightly iexible and having its two ends 13 and 14 drawn inwardly and bent into terminal lugs 15 arranged in parallelism. The lng 15 is provided with a perforation 16 therethrough and adapted to freely receive a clampin screw 17, which screw is adapted for thread ed engagement with the threaded perforation 18 of the lug 15.

The arch band 12 is provided with projecting hooks 19 here illustrated as three in number and extending in the same directions while a lining 20 is provided for the arch bandl 12. The mount so formed is readily clamped to Ithe shoe heel 10 by fitting the arch band 12 thereover and to the shape of which it substantially conforms and in then tightening the clamp screw 17 for retaining the arch band rigidly mounted upon the heel, it being noted that the hooks 19 engage over the edge of the shoe sole 21 as best illustrated in Fig. l and slightly project between the sole and upper of the shoe.

The calk plate comprises a substantially horse shoe plate 22 having projecting pointed conical calks 23 extending from one face thereof and provided with a cushioning lining 24 upon its opposite face. A plurality oi arms 25 herein illustrated as three in number are carried bythe plate 22 and eX- tend in the same general direction and are rammed .Jury e, mia. i

provided with openings 26. The `ireh. band 12 is provided on its outer face with projecting lugs or pins 27 equal in number to the arms 25 and correspondingly spaced apart, the said arms 25 beingformed of slightly flexible material, the arm openings 26. are adapted to be engaged over the mount lugs 27 by a slight springing action of the said arms and thus seating the calk plate firmly upon the ground engaging face 28 of the heel. The arm 25 at the rear of the plate has the upper end thereof 29 slightly bent outwardly and it is designed to first engage the forward arms 25 with the corresponding lugs 27 and then easily spring the rear arm over the rear lug 27. The ealk plate being readily positioned, upon the mount in this manner, it will be apparent that the saine may 'as' readily be removed; therefrom by slightly springing the arms 25 outwardly of the arch band and thus disengziging 'die arm openings 26 from the band, lugs 27. lt will be understood that the mount is io loe constanti'y Worn upon the shoe heel being" clamped thereon in ehe manner above (lescribed and the same will in no manner inconvenience the wearer of 'ehe shoe, While the mount hus provides a ready means for positioning the Creeper plaie in its operative position upon the lieei and so @chat the same may be readily detached at will, thus pro-- viding a, strong and serviceable ice Creeper7 the czilk plate being of convenient xsize zo loe carried in' the pocket.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed rio be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor cinges may `lee made in the form, proper tion and details of construction Without cle parting from the spirit and scope of she iiivention as set forh in he appendexcleim.

Til/'inet claim as new is A device of the class described compris'- ing a heel encircling flexible `banal having indrawnencls, a clamping screw operatively conn-ece'l between the said band ends, heei engaging hooks projecting from one edge of the ssiir beifi`,e lining carried ioj' che said band, ourwarclly projectin space lugs Aupon said band, `e horse shoe shaped plaie5 

